Re: Fwd: [Outreachy announcement] Call for mentors for Outreachy internships
I'm interested in mentoring the Android Tools project again, be it for
Outreachy or GSoC. I remember putting up on the wiki for Outreachy in
the past. Do I need to update it?
.hc
Daniel Pocock:
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Has Debian applied to participate in Outreachy again?
>
> At the end of September/early October I'll be visiting Albania and
> Kosovo again. There there are several potential candidates for
> Outreachy and also GSoC 2018. If other mentors have their projects up
> on the wiki and candidates I meet personally want to discuss them I'll
> be happy to get them started, introduce them to other mentors, etc.
>
> Regards,
>
> Daniel
>
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: [Outreachy announcement] Call for mentors for Outreachy
> internships
> Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 17:51:46 -0700
> From: Outreachy Organizers <organizers@outreachy.org>
> To: announce@lists.outreachy.org, mentors@lists.outreachy.org
>
>
>
> Greetings,
>
> The next round for Outreachy, which is a three-month paid internship
> program for people traditionally underrepresented in tech, will soon open!
>
> If you're interested in applying as an Outreachy intern, hang on for a
> bit! We'll announce when the application period opens in a separate email.
>
> If you're interested in mentoring or being an Outreachy community
> coordinator, read on.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Dear coordinators and mentors,
>
> Thank you for being a part of our internship program! Our timeline for
> the next round is:
>
> * September 7 - application period opens
> * October 23 - contributions and applications are due
> * November 9 - interns announced
> * December 5, 2017 to March 5, 2018 - internship period.
>
> If your organization is interested in participating in the next round,
> *please let us know by September 4 if you will participate.*
>
>
> New website
>
> We are shifting to a set of new Outreachy resources this round:
>
> * The newly redesigned website <https://www.outreachy.org> for the
> program. The Outreachy pages on the GNOME wiki will soon be
> redirected here.
> * organizers@outreachy.org <mailto:organizers@outreachy.org> - This is
> the new email address for Outreachy organizers (Cindy, Tony, Sarah,
> Marina, and Karen)
> * announce@lists.outreachy.org <mailto:announce@lists.outreachy.org> -
> This is the new Outreachy public announcements mailing list
> <https://lists.outreachy.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/announce>
> * mentors@lists.outreachy.org <mailto:mentors@lists.outreachy.org> -
> This is a private list for Outreachy coordinators and mentors
> <https://lists.outreachy.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mentor> who
> want to participate in the program
>
> Our goal with the new website is to allow coordinators and mentors to
> add their community landing pages and projects pages directly to the
> Outreachy website. This allows us to add useful features in the future,
> like allowing applicants to search for projects with a particular
> programming language or skill. The information listed on the community
> landing pages will be the same as what we recommended in the past. We
> encourage organizers and mentors to update their current landing page,
> so that the information is ready when we have the new website features
> in place.
>
>
> Resources for Coordinators and Mentors
>
> If you are participating as an Outreachy community for the first time,
> you'll need to:
>
> * Review the community participation guidelines
> <https://www.outreachy.org/mentor>
> * Apply as a community <https://www.outreachy.org/mentor/community-faq/>
> * Make sure other mentors understand the mentor requirements
> <https://www.outreachy.org/mentor/mentor-faq/>, especially the
> 5-hour weekly time commitment requirement and the requirement to
> sign the mentor agreement
>
> If you've participated as an coordinator or mentor in the past, please:
>
> * Secure funding <https://www.outreachy.org/sponsor/> for your
> community to sponsor at least one intern ($6,500)
> * Update your community's landing page according to the guidelines
> <https://www.outreachy.org/mentor/landing-page-requirements/>
> * Come up with your project ideas and recruit other mentors
> * Make sure other mentors understand the mentor requirements
> <https://www.outreachy.org/mentor/mentor-faq/>, especially the
> 5-hour weekly time commitment requirement and the requirement to
> sign the mentor agreement
> * Let us know by emailing organizers@outreachy.org
> <mailto:organizers@outreachy.org> that your community is
> participating by September 4
>
> We plan on having a twitter chat about Outreachy on September 25 at 4pm
> UTC / 11am EST, to spotlight the communities that are participating.
> Participation in the chat is optional, but many of our participants find
> out about the program through Twitter.
>
> Please contact Karen, Marina, Tony, Cindy, and myself at
> organizers@outreachy.org <mailto:organizers@outreachy.org> if you have
> any questions. We hope you can join us for this round!
>
> Thanks,
> Sarah Sharp
> Outeachy Organizer
>
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